ANC splits widen as South Africa talks stall
Our View notes internal ANC rifts in South Africa as Tambo and Mandela push for negotiated reform while younger members demand full sanctions and warn of renewed guerrilla warfare. EC shift toward limited incentives raises questions about US response and de Klerk’s likely moves.
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South Africa
African National Congress
ANC
Oliver Tambo
Nelson Mandela
Mandela
F.W. de Klerk
European Community
Sanctio
United States
Pretoria
Congress
Bush
de Klerk
Call for better service from Palmetto Cablevision in Aiken
A letter writer from Aiken urges residents to demand quality cable service and itemized bills from Palmetto Cablevision. He cites leaks and malfunctions in American made equipment and criticizes consistent poor billing, rude staff, and unanswered complaints. He calls for replacing the company with a customer oriented provider offering more channels and reliable signal.
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Tom Peters
America
Illinois
Florida
Idaho
Texas
South Carolina
Aiken
Cable
Palmetto Cablevision
WGN
Chica- 30
WOR
New York
SNN
Aiken Standard Seeks Signed Letters For Publication
The Aiken Standard invites letters to the editor signed by the writer and with a verifiable address. Letters should be legible and preferably typewritten, concise, and subject to editing. Send to The Editor Box 456 Aiken SC 29802.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken
Reform echoes Mann era in push for national high school standard
A Rochester center and the University of Pittsburgh back a pilot project to create a national high school standard and exam for all graduates. MacArthur and Pew Foundation grants totaling over 2 million fund 18 months of work toward a 10 year effort aiming to raise non college bound student outcomes to improve employment prospects.
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Massachusetts
Horace Mann
Mann
Rochester, Ill
National Center On Education and the Economy
University of Pittsburgh
America
Rochester Center
John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation
Chicago
Pew Memorial Trust of Philadephia
Pew
Learning Research and Development Center
National Center
Marc Tucker
Europe
Asia
Tucker
Tucker Sai
Japan
Germany
Mercedes-Benz
Center
Jay and Rita in Two Worlds at Christmas Church Service
A teacher recalls Jay a tall engineering student and Rita a troubled middle schooler seen at a midnight Christmas Eve service. Jay exudes joy and potential while Rita faces foster care trauma, despair, and limited opportunities. The narrator prays for each to find paths forward.
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Rita
Jay
Merab Mamardashvili A Georgian philosopher's defiant life
Merab Mamardashvili, a Georgian philosopher and activist, faced censorship and banishment in the Soviet Union. He spoke of creating civil society and individualism despite state control, teaching students under pressure. He died in Moscow at sixty, leaving a large following and no clear successor.
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Merab Mamardashvili
Soviet Georgia
Soviet Union
Mamardashvili
Andrei Sakharov
Sakarov
Tbilisi
Ma ‘Mardashvili
London
Sakharov
Moscow
Salvation Army
Georgia
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Scott B. Hunter
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Sue S. Brown
Jeffrey 8. Wallace
Elton C. Priest
Melanie L. Arney
Daniel S. Holland
Aiken, D.C
Charles M. Madigan
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Jay and
R.C. Longworth
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